Comment & Opinion

Recently, my wife had back pain and her doctor sent her to the Olean General Hospital emergency room. We waited two and a half hours and spoke to seve...

President Donald Trump has often sparred effectively with the mainstream media outlets. His latest skirmish, however, is a misstep. Late last week, Tr...

In June, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that so-called "skill games" found in bars, restaurants, gas stations and other places throughout Pennsy...

How do you intentionally cut the income of tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians? By undermining an industry that’s become essential to local businesses...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it has cut off payments to 11 providers suspected of fraudulently billing $3.4 billion to Medic...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Sam Forstag recently joined a text chain to better keep up with a few friends. There’s nothing unusual about that, except Forstag’s t...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — In 2024, Hispanic voters gave President Donald Trump an unexpected boost. In 2026, his policies are driving them back to their Demo...

BOSTON (TNS) — President Donald Trump is not the only pol to punish reporters for biased coverage or reward them for sycophantic stories — former Pres...

My father, John H. Spako, spent much of his life caring for other people. He is a veteran, and after serving his country he proudly spent more than 20...

With midterm voting coming up in November, this is the time to take bold action as a voter. There are many reasons why this president should be kept i...

Gasoline prices aren’t the only thing California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to raise. Newsom recently put out a release touting California’s economic gro...

With U.S. midterm elections fast approaching, Americans of all political persuasions are newly questioning technology giants about the role of artific...

CHICAGO (TNS) — As of last Friday, a quarter century has elapsed since the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) became law. At the begi...

For years, seemingly everyone in Bradford had a Bradford Regional Medical Center story. The emergency room took too long. A diagnosis was missed. A bi...

Not too long ago, Big Tech CEOs were in a high-speed race to be first to advance artificial intelligence. Now they are having second thoughts. The tec...

I was saddened to hear of the passing of Father Dominic Monti; The Era had a very nice writeup on Thursday regarding his passing. The reason I’m writi...

The latest moves by Kaleida Health to eliminate long-term care and not negotiate in good faith with LECOM Health regarding the former Bradford Regiona...

Whenever any one of us seeks expert advice — from a pastor, doctor, mechanic or plumber — we want to talk to someone we know we can trust. We trust so...

The Department of Homeland Security claimed to have saved $10.5 billion through cost-cutting measures led by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Effi...

Whenever artificial intelligence comes up — particularly the possibility that it could threaten humanity — someone offers the obvious: Just unplug it....